Voter suppression is the problem, the obstacle course that has been set up that makes it so difficult for people to register and get to the polls...

People I represent pay the highest taxes per capita in the United States.

The most powerful form of protest and engagement an American citizen has is the right to vote.

So we have seen since 2010 a number of States move efforts to shut down opportunities for people to vote.

there are strong statements about how broad their investigations are going to be, how much hardball they're going to be prepared to engage in

I'm grateful to have a vote in this committee, and I thank you, Chairman Cummings, for agreeing to hold a hearing on this bill.

Today we are zeroing in on Federal workers whose average pay is $60,000. We are zeroing in on folks who are, in many instances, barely making it. I don't want us to get it twisted. We have a situation where a lot of times we discuss a…

Let me say this, Mr. Chairman. Yesterday we had our organizational meeting, and I made it clear that the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina has been truly a person who has worked very hard in a bipartisan way trying to come up…

Let me make it clear, Mr. Chairman: this is not about a border wall. This is about building people and allowing them to sustain themselves. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), who is the very…

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 5 minutes remaining.

It is so important that we do everything in our power to support our Federal employees, and I want to thank Mr. Connolly and Mr. Hoyer. They have given their blood and their sweat and their tears for Federal employees: constantly standing…

Thank you very much. Would the gentleman yield just for 30 seconds?

The ongoing escalation of prices by drug companies is simply unsustainable. This is a matter literally of life and death, and we have a duty to act now.

I promise you we will do everything in our power.

Let me be clear. There are powerful interests here that do not want us to interfere with those massive profits.

But tweaks are not enough. We need real action and meaningful reform.

I have been waiting a very long time to hold this hearing. For the past decade, I have been trying to investigate the actions of drug companies for all sorts of drugs, old and new, generic and brand name.

That makes absolutely no sense, none.

I just want to just keep that, I mean, as you're answering questions, help us to figure out where do we go from here.

I just want you to convey back to the President that we are willing, ready, and able to work with him to get it done.

I'll never forget Shkreli, Shkreli--yes, he came in here, and after jacking up prices sky high...

Thank you for your leadership on this very important issue.

I guarantee you that we will act in a bipartisan way, because we have made a commitment to our constituents to address this problem.

the cost of doing nothing is never nothing.

The bill before us, the Federal Intern Protection Act, would close a loophole in Federal employment law that currently leaves unpaid interns open to discrimination and sexual harassment without any legal recourse. The Committee on…